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The Coolest Physics You've Ever Heard Of
Quantum Physics

The Coolest Physics You've Ever Heard Of

Ultracold atoms can simulate all sorts of quantum behavior

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
How the Celebrated "Pale Blue Dot" Image Came to Be
Space & Physics

How the Celebrated "Pale Blue Dot" Image Came to Be

Voyager 1’s poignant photograph of the distant Earth as the spacecraft sped toward interstellar space happened just 30 years ago

By Carolyn Porco
Meet "Spikey," a Possible Pair of Merging Supermassive Black Holes
Black Holes

Meet "Spikey," a Possible Pair of Merging Supermassive Black Holes

A flare predicted for this spring could confirm the object is indeed two monstrous black holes coming together

By Nola Taylor Tillman
The Curious Case of Proxima C
Space & Physics

The Curious Case of Proxima C

Astronomers continue to gather evidence for a second world around the sun’s nearest neighboring star

By Lee Billings

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    The Most Mercurial Field of All

  • News

    Home Star Stunner: Best Ever Images of Solar Surface Herald New Era

  • Bizarre Cosmic Dance Offers Fresh Test for General Relativity

  • Mysterious Faded Star Betelgeuse Has Started to Brighten Again

  • New Horizons May Have Solved Planet-Formation Cold Case

  • Physicists Come Closer to Answering Question of Antimatter's Scarcity

  • Opinion

    Death on Mars

  • Have We Solved the Black Hole Information Paradox?

  • What's Wrong with Physics

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